[Update] You can now find all presentation slides available for download on the DIJ website: https://www.dijtokyo.org/de/event/nat...(here you will also find a list of further questions of the audience, answered by the panellists)

[27 May 2020] The perception, assessment, communication and containment of risks is an ongoing challenge for individuals, organizations and societies at large. The present COVID-19 pandemic reveals the profound problems countries confront and the difficult trade-offs they have to make when facing systemic risks combined with a high degree of uncertainty. It also shows remarkable differences in the way national governments, businesses and citizens are prepared for and trying to cope with the various dimensions of the crisis. In our online forum, two leading risk researchers from Japan and Germany will analyze and evaluate the crisis responses in their countries. The discussion will explore the similarities and differences in the national approaches, possible reasons and implications.